Sunny Hostin of “The View” is providing a masterclass within the artwork of safeguarding one’s peace.
Throughout the phase that aired on Tuesday, host Pleasure Behar requested, “Did something happen? Did something happen yesterday?” To which Ana Navarro shortly responded, “Yes. It was Martin Luther King Day.”
Navarro’s quip earned applause, and Behar continued to recount the occasions of the day before today.
“A certain person, Donald Trump, was sworn back into the White House,” Behar remarked, including that she watched the “whole thing” as a result of what she known as a “masochistic streak.” She then turned to her co-hosts, asking if anybody had watched Trump’s inauguration.
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“I decided to protect my peace and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day yesterday,” Hostin revealed.
“I did not watch the inauguration. My sorority sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. had a service day in Harlem [New York] yesterday. I enjoyed that. I went to Buffalo Wild Wings and watched Notre Dame unfortunately not be victorious, but I went with a bunch of my law school buddies and we ate wings,” Hostin continued. “Thank you, Tony, who’s the manager there, for making me feel good.”
Hostin didn’t cease there — she took the chance to focus on the “hypocrisy” and “irony” of Trump’s inauguration coinciding with a day meant to honor MLK Jr. As a seasoned lawyer, she identified the stark distinction between Trump’s agenda, which is geared toward dismantling variety, fairness and inclusion, and the imaginative and prescient of Dr. King, who not solely fought for racial equality however for financial justice.
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“I want to remind people that he said, ‘Black Americans deserved reparations for the injustices they faced,’” Hostin continued. “He argued that reparations were a form of justice, in fact, not charity.”
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Hostin then turned her focus to Trump’s {qualifications} to carry the very best political workplace within the land.
Trump “didn’t become the president of the United States because of merit,” she mentioned. Hostin went on to say he actually has “no political experience whatsoever.” She continued by saying Trump hasn’t labored for something that he has and referred to him as a “legacy hire.”
“He is, if anything, a DEI hire. A didn’t-earn-it hire,” Hostin mentioned.
